2009 ELECTION

Deadline is Monday

Don't forget that Monday, March 30 is the postmark deadline for ACES' election ballots.

Meet the candidates

This year, 13 people are running for seven positions open on the American Copy Editors Society's executive committee. The term for each position is two years. Learn more about the candidates and their plans for the future of ACES.

2009 election calendar

  • Jan. 15, 2009: Nomination deadline
  • Jan. 30, 2009: Anyone who is a member as of this date is eligible to vote
  • Feb. 15, 2009: Ballots mailed
  • March 30, 2009: Postmark deadline for ballots to be returned
  • April 30-May 2, 2009: Conference
  • June 2, 2009: New board terms begin

2008 election results

Four seats on the ACES Executive Committee were up for election in 2008. The board received four nominations by the deadline and voted unanimously at the January meeting to elect the four candidates by acclamation, forgoing a paper ballot election. The four seats were filled by two returning incumbents, Gerri Berendzen and Sue Blair, and by two new board members, Peter Parisi and Jim Thomsen. READ MORE

Who can run for office?

The American Copy Editors Society conducts elections each year for its Executive Committee. The number of positons vary by year, as the officers and board positions are staggered. Candidates are announced during the annual conference.

ELIGIBILITY: Nominations can be made by anyone who is a member in good standing by a date determined by the board. This date usually falls around the first of the year. A prospective candidate may nominate himself or herself. Full, associate, student and scholastic members are eligible to make nominations, but all nominees must be full members of ACES. All nominees who comply with the requirements on the nomination form will be accepted as candidates and listed on the ballot.

TERMS: Two years

DUTIES: Members of the Executive Committee shape the policy of the society and take on responsibility for projects and routine tasks. Officers have additional duties, as outlined in the bylaws at www.copydesk.org/about/bylaws.php. ACES operates by virtue of the voluntary efforts of its members, and anyone seeking a seat on the Executive Committee must be willing to spend a few hours each week on the business of the organization. Tasks can include, but aren’t limited to, researching topics, contacting sources, organizing meetings, making phone calls, sending e-mails, writing proposals and newsletter articles, working on surveys and fundraising. Members of the Executive Committee also are expected to attend the national conference and other periodic meetings, as well as to take part in a monthly conference call.

QUESTIONS: For more details, e-mail Lisa McLendon at lisa.mclendon@gmail.com.

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WHO’S RUNNING FOR WHAT

  • (* denotes incumbent)

Vice President, Membership

Secretary

Treasurer

Executive board

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

  • (Year term expires in parentheses; 2009 expirations in bold)
  • President: Chris Wienandt, Dallas Morning News (2010)
  • Vice President/Conferences: Deirdre Goebel Edgar, Los Angeles Times (2010)
  • Vice President/Membership: Sara Hendricks, Temple (Texas) Daily Telegram (2009)
  • Treasurer: Neil Holdway, Daily Herald (suburban Chicago) (2009)
  • Secretary: Lisa McLendon, Wichita Eagle (2009)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  • (Year term expires in parentheses; 2009 expirations in bold)
  • Gerri Berendzen, Quincy (Ill.) Herald-Whig (2010)
  • Sue Blair, TIME magazine (retired) (2010)
  • William Connolly, New York Times (retired) (2010)
  • Daniel Hunt, News Journal, Wilmington, Del. (2009)
  • Peter Parisi, Washington Times (2010)
  • Missy Prebula, New York Times (2009)
  • Teresa Schmedding, Daily Herald (suburban Chicago) (2009)
  • David Sullivan, Philadelphia Inquirer (2010)
  • Jim Thomsen, Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Wash. (2010)
  • Scott Toole, Easton (Pa.) Express-Times (2009)